The Brazilian Olympic coach, André Jardine, confirmed this Friday the wish of forward Neymar, from Paris Saint-Germain, to play the Tokyo Games that will begin on July 23rd.
“Within the idea of having the strongest team for the Olympic Games, having a player like Neymar is in line with that maxim and with the goal we have set for ourselves. And he wants“Jardine said at a press conference.
The technician indicated that having Neymar at the Olympics would be “a dream”, but he acknowledged that his presence in the U23 team is a “sensitive issue” that “is being treated directly” by the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Rogério Caboclo. “I think that in a short time we will have an answer about it“, full.
Neymar, the top star of the Brazilian national team, He has already won the gold medal at the Olympic Games organized by Rio de Janeiro in 2016, which was also the first gold medal for Brazilian men's soccer.
According to Jardine, the PSG attacker wants to fight now for his second gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games, which will be played between July 23 and August 8, after having been postponed for a year due to the new coronavirus pandemic.
It also flies over the unknown of knowing if Neymar will be called to play the Copa América to be played in Colombia and Argentina between June 13 and July 10 of this year.
The selector of the absolute, Adenor Leonardo Bacchi 'Tite', did not give clues as to whether he will finally be among those called up for the tournament, in which Brazil will defend the title it won in 2019, the year in which it hosted.
The presence of Neymar is confirmedHowever, for the next two games of the South American qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, against Ecuador and Paraguay, scheduled for June 4 and 8, respectively.